Just Getting By

Freelance illustrator and designer from California! | 20s

[roselinbooks]

🐦‍🔥 The Eye of the Phoenix 21 Pages, Fantasy

🧚 Fairy Tale 🌈 Queer Romance 💖 Love at First Sight 🌟 Wishing On Stars 💔 Forced Separation 🎨 Full Color Illustrations

PWYW eBook: COMING LATE JULY 2026!

Blurb: Snowe is finally leaving servitude in the palace to train as a knight, with hopes of earning his way into the Heire's elite guard. A gift of asters leads him to sneak into the royal gardens before he leaves, and he has a fateful encounter beneath the constellation of the Divine Phoenix...

[roselinbooks]

Me when I realize I'm releasing a new short story in a week and haven't done ANY promo lmao

Send an emoji to my ask box for a random line!!

[aerielart]

Some Cinderella Boy doodles because my friend @reye-chan and I came up with an AU where the gang all go into The Labyrinth!

(Well, a slightly altered novelization of The Labyrinth because Violet saw David Bowie and had a religious awakening. As one does, of course.)

[reye-chan]

the irony that youtubers have to censor words like 'rape', 'genocide', and 'murder' while simultaniously hocking sex toys for a sponser is always so, so ridiculous to me

(note: this is not anti-sex toy, this is anti-stupid ass ways to get around language censors by calling rape 'grape' and shit like that)

[pochayun]

spin the wheel and assign an animal to prev

[aerielart]

My blood oath to the fish is repaid and now I can release all my spoilers into the world.

Happy Pride Month to her <3

[aerielart]

It's Too Hot

Hot Damn

[reye-chan]

some avatars i did for wife's yt channel

a useless deer and a vision of loveliness

[aerielart]

A NEW HUMAN HAS ENTERED THIS REALM!

Have had Digital Circus on the brain ever since seeing the finale so I needed to make myself a circus-sona lol. I'm calling them Spots for now but may think of something else later c:

[aerielart]

A NEW HUMAN HAS ENTERED THIS REALM!

Have had Digital Circus on the brain ever since seeing the finale so I needed to make myself a circus-sona lol. I'm calling them Spots for now but may think of something else later c:

[jerreeeeeee]

not every mutual fits neatly into an archetypal medievalism but there are some mutuals that im like yeah addressing you as “my liege” would come strangely naturally

[jerreeeeeee]

what mutual is prev

my liege lord

my loyal knight

my wise wizard

my evil advisor

my brother in arms

my lady muse

my wild mermaid friend

my fellow alchemist

my dashing rapscallion

my monstrous foe

Voting ended onJun 6

[reye-chan]

anyway i need at least 10 of these on my desk by friday from anyone who even considered the idea violet didn't love her baby bro

[were-ralph]

New REBLOG Game

Just fucking lie about the previous poster

[warmfigure]

i am massively overdue for a very very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[unlettered-heathen]

reblog to give prev a very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[roselinbooks]

About Me

Avalon Roselin, 30s, Queer (they/them) Educator by day, Indie Horror & Fantasy Author by night Tag/Ask Games: OPEN

Links Website | Patreon | Ko-Fi | YouTube | StoryGraph | Blue Sky

Published Works ALiCE - Slasher Horror Novel WHiTE RABBiT - Slasher Horror Short, companion to ALiCE Like Falling Stars - Cozy Fantasy Novel The Alliance Saga: Clouded Moon #1 - Shifting Roots - Xenofiction Fantasy (Currently not available: Stellar Eclipse #1 and #2 - Dark Urban Fantasy Novels)

Currently Working On The Alliance Saga: Clouded Moon #2 - Shaded River (First Draft) Stellar Eclipse: Weathering the Storm Editions (Updated editions of books 1 & 2) Stellar Eclipse #3: Echoed Thunder (Drafting)

Current Video Series Roselin Rants: Grey by E.L. James - New Episodes Fridays Writer's Block: Pokemon Reminiscencia - Streams Mondays Cinderella Boy Dub - Not Scheduled

Favorite Tropes in Fiction Found Family/Happily Adopted; Fish Out of Water/Raised by Wolves; Unreliable Narrator; Hurt/Comfort; Soulmates (romantic or platonic); Gothic Horror; Mid-Level Fantasy; Body Horror; Psychological Horror; Idiots to Lovers; Anguished Declaration of Love; Established Relationships; First Crushes; Puns and References; Dom/sub Dynamics; Master/Servant; Dragons; Sanity Slippage; Character-Focused Stories with Lots of Dialogue; Big Battles

Favorite Books/Series Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Giver; The Haunting of Hill House; The Last Unicorn; My Best Friend's Exorcism; Lord of the Rings; Otomen; Dawn of the Arcana; Cinderella Boy; Deltora Quest; Fire Emblem; Vampire Kisses; Age of Arrogance; Silverwing; The False Prince

Some of my favorite writers on Tumblr @abalonetea @adorhauer @aconstantstateofbladerunner @josephinetaylorbooks @byjillianmaria @brianamorganbooks @cwritesfiction @runner-owen @drchucktingle @earlronove @gaslightwestern @incandescent-creativity @indecentpause @pens-swords-stuff @pirozhkiparty @radley-writes @tlbodine @quilloftheclouds @dirtypawscomic @ink-flavored @willtheweaver @jaiscbstash @inc0mple

[roselinbooks]

Taking a big step, here. I always thought I MUST make my work profitable, and that would be impossible without having some paywall. But I don't want even $1 to come between my work and my readers. So, eBook copies of all my books are now FREE on my Ko-Fi!!!

You can add a tip if you like, and reviews are ALWAYS appreciated, but they are not required to read my books!

Image alt text: Purple roses border the bottom of the post beneath clip art of a hand holding an e-reader. The text reads: eBooks are now Free Books! eBooks on the Roselin Bookstore Ko-Fi are now FREE! https://ko-fi.com/roselinbooks Tips and reviews are appreciated but not required to enjoy my books!

[roselinbooks]

About Me

Avalon Roselin, 30s, Queer (they/them) Educator by day, Indie Horror & Fantasy Author by night Tag/Ask Games: OPEN

Links Website | Patreon | Ko-Fi | YouTube | StoryGraph | Blue Sky

Published Works ALiCE - Slasher Horror Novel WHiTE RABBiT - Slasher Horror Short, companion to ALiCE Like Falling Stars - Cozy Fantasy Novel (Currently not available: Stellar Eclipse #1 and #2 - Dark Urban Fantasy Novels) The Alliance Saga: Clouded Moon #1 - Shifting Roots - Xenofiction Fantasy

Currently Working On The Alliance Saga: Clouded Moon #2 - Shaded River (First Draft) Stellar Eclipse: Weathering the Storm Editions (Updated editions of books 1 & 2) Stellar Eclipse #3: Echoed Thunder (Drafting)

Current Video Series Roselin Rants: Grey by E.L. James - New Episodes Fridays Writer's Block: Pokemon Reminiscencia - Streams Mondays Cinderella Boy Dub - Not Scheduled

Favorite Tropes in Fiction Found Family/Happily Adopted; Fish Out of Water/Raised by Wolves; Unreliable Narrator; Hurt/Comfort; Soulmates (romantic or platonic); Gothic Horror; Mid-Level Fantasy; Body Horror; Psychological Horror; Idiots to Lovers; Anguished Declaration of Love; Established Relationships; First Crushes; Puns and References; Dom/sub Dynamics; Master/Servant; Dragons; Sanity Slippage; Character-Focused Stories with Lots of Dialogue; Big Battles

Favorite Books/Series Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Giver; The Haunting of Hill House; The Last Unicorn; My Best Friend's Exorcism; Lord of the Rings; Otomen; Dawn of the Arcana; Cinderella Boy; Deltora Quest; Fire Emblem; Vampire Kisses; Age of Arrogance; Silverwing; The False Prince

Some of my favorite writers on Tumblr @abalonetea @adorhauer @aconstantstateofbladerunner @josephinetaylorbooks @byjillianmaria @brianamorganbooks @cwritesfiction @runner-owen @drchucktingle @earlronove @gaslightwestern @incandescent-creativity @indecentpause @pens-swords-stuff @pirozhkiparty @radley-writes @tlbodine @quilloftheclouds @dirtypawscomic @ink-flavored @willtheweaver @jaiscbstash @inc0mple

[aerielart]

I have not read the actual questions so feel free to ignore ones that dont work but 3, 9, 14, 27

lol thats ok! thanks for asking!

What's the best job you've ever had?

My current one working in a high school cafeteria! Not the most glamorous job, but I get a consistent schedule, my boss is actually pretty cool, and I even get the school holidays! So not too bad imo. Especially compared with my previous jobs.

Are you on good terms with your parents?

It's. Complicated. But mostly, yes.

What's a hobby you'd like to get into?

I'd love to do more physical arts and crafts! Traditional painting, sewing, clay, needlepoint. Stuff like that.

What's your favorite household chore?

Uhhhh IDK lol. I don't really. Like chores enough to pick a favorite. Does that make me a bad adult? :P